Re Murphy Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has decided that Maguire J “fell into error” when he held that the underfunding of the Police Ombudsman was unlawful.

This decision relieves the Department of Justice from legal action for , among other things, damages.

The detailed reasoning is not yet available on the creaky Court Service website or on its new site, which is taking for ever to get up and running.

Therefore I cannot tell you which judges made this decision.

Members of the public might struggle to wonder why, on the one hand the Chief Justice calls for money for inquests but the Court of Appeal will not criticise the Department of Justice for underfunding the Police Ombudsman.

I’ll keep you posted about this issue.